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George Emerick Essig (September 2, 1838 – December 15, 1923) was an American
painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...
,
watercolor Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin 'water'), is a painting metho ...
ist, and
etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...
from
Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
. He specialized in marine scenes, particularly of the New Jersey coast.


Biography

George Emerick Essig was born in Philadelphia in 1838, the son of Christian and Mathilde Esig. He was a member of the Gray Reserves. His brother, Charles J. Essig, founded the University of Pennsylvania Dental School. George Emerick Essig died in
Ventnor City, New Jersey Ventnor City is a city situated on the Jersey Shore on Absecon Island, within Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, on the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,210, a decrease of 1,440 ( ...
on December 15, 1923, and was interred in
West Laurel Hill Cemetery West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869, is in size, and contains the burials of many notable people. It is affiliated with Laurel Hill Cemetery in nearby Philadelphia. ...
.


References


Quiet, Charming Scenes Of The Delaware As It Used To Be
Edward J. Sozanski, INQUIRER ART CRITIC, January 21, 1994


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1838 births 1923 deaths 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-stub